Chavez rallies thousands launching re-election bid

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34. He is the son of a rightwing media mogul

The equivalent of Murdoch's son running and claiming to be 'progressive'. He participated in the coup against Chavez which hardly makes him a 'leftie'. But he knows how popular Chavez's policies are and would not have a chance if he were to oppose them. He has formed alliances with the rightwing opposition, and is the epitome of what once ruled Venezuela.

He is for the same things the neo liberals are for, privatizing Venezuela's social programs, like Reagan.

Chavez retains a 55% popularity rating, after a decade of the people experiencing his policies. So any attempt by the opposition to try to turn back those policies would end their campaign.

It is a complement to Chavez that they know how fatal politically it would be to talk about turning back the progress Chavez has made for the poor and for women especially.

It never fails to amaze me the support for any opposition in Venezuela for what the people there themselves do not want.

Interesting to read his positions, they are the very definition of Reagan failed policies, dressed up in the same language.

He opposed free education, free Health Care, and it sounds like he is being advised by the neo-liberals who helped crash the world's economy, the disastrous results affecting even South American countries.

He is merely the front for the old right wing oligarchs, who cannot win an election in Venezuela.

No progressive is for privatizing education and HC anywhere in the world so I hope for the sake of the people there, he doesn't get enough money from the Oil Cartels and use enough of his father's media empire to fool the people as Sarkozy did in France. So far it doesn't seem to be working too well.